@Nicarlo@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?message-square157fedilinkarrow-up1155file-text
arrow-up1155message-squareIf you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?@Nicarlo@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square157fedilinkfile-text
If you were sent back to the roman era and could only bring a backpack of goods. What would you bring?
minus-square@starman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•4 months agoDamn, now I’m wondering if my decision to bring plans for a printing press is actually less useful than accurate timekeeping
minus-square@Ross_audio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•4 months agoThe idea of a printing press was revolutionary but it’s just an engraved plate, ink, later and a weight on a lever. I’m confident I could make a printing press without plans having seen one. I’m not confident I could design an accurate watch. I might manage a pendulum clock. Just. But that’s far less useful.
minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•4 months agoAccurate timekeeping means you can navigate the deep ocean without hugging the coast.
minus-squareDdCno1linkfedilink4•4 months agoPeople were doing that long before there were clocks that worked on ships.
Damn, now I’m wondering if my decision to bring plans for a printing press is actually less useful than accurate timekeeping
The idea of a printing press was revolutionary but it’s just an engraved plate, ink, later and a weight on a lever.
I’m confident I could make a printing press without plans having seen one. I’m not confident I could design an accurate watch.
I might manage a pendulum clock. Just. But that’s far less useful.
Accurate timekeeping means you can navigate the deep ocean without hugging the coast.
People were doing that long before there were clocks that worked on ships.